


Now that consoles have these problems too, the PC is looking more inviting. You didn't have lots of different hardware configurations, some of which can actually run games better than others (thinking about NXE here and hard drives).

You didn't have to be concerned that your console might freeze up or that it might not be able to play games as smoothly as they should. You didn't worry about settings and options and installs and patches and expansions and updates. You could take that same disk, with your memory card, round to your friend's house and play on his console. In the past, consoles had the advantage that you could just pop a disk in and play - no fuss, no hassle. If PCs had split-screen in most games and had standardised wireless controllers, consoles will lose their last advantage.
